One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

The thorax of Arthropods.

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

To strike; to beat; to make a baff.

A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.

not understanding.

The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

One who, or that which, baffles.

Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks.

A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used.

Same as Bafta.

A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in bags.

A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.

A trifle; a thing of no importance.

a glazed leavened doughnut-shaped roll with a hard crust.

The quantity that a bag will hold; as, he ate a bagful of popcorn.

The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.

A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in the Indian Ocean.

In a loose, baggy way.

Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.

Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.

The capital city of Iraq. Population (2000) = nk.

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.

A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.

To make to look like a bagpipe.

One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.

The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails.

The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Plat/ceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.

A member of the sect of the Babis consisting of the adherents of Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled /Baha 'u 'llah,/ or, /the Splendor of God/), the elder half brother of Mirza Yahya of Nur, who succeeded the Bab as the head of the Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.

The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais.

A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

an island in the Persian Gulf.

of or pertaining to Bahrain (definition 2).

an island in the Persian Gulf; same as Bahrain.

a native or inhabitant of Bahrain.

a language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.

To soak or drench.

A box of the lowest tier in a theater.

A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.

Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.

One who bails or lades.

The outer wall of a feudal castle.

An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

See Bailiwick.

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

Bailiff.

The action of bailing a person accused.

One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

A bath; a bagnio.

Either of two Muslim festivals, of which one (the Lesser Bairam) is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other (the Greater Bairam) seventy days after the fast.

A child.

Respects; compliments.

To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

One who baits; a tormentor.

harassment, especially of a tethered animal.

A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.

A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

The process, or result, of baking.

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.

A pie; baked food.

A house for baking; a bakery.

a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.

p. p. of Bake.

One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.

Having legs that bend inward at the knees.

The trade of a baker.

The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.

In a hot or baking manner.

A baker.

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.

Same as Backsheesh.

The capital city of Azerbaijan. Population (2000) = 1,713,300.

A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.

A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.

close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face.

type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales.

type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills.

a family comprising the shoebills.

a family comprising the right whales.

A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.

the type genus of the Balaenopteridae.

rorquals; blue whales.

a stringed instrument of Russian origin that has a triangular body and three strings.

To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.

Such as can be balanced.

being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; -- opposite of unbalanced.

The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

One who balances, or uses a balance.

The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.

Bearing or producing acorns.

A fossil balanoid shell.

A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.

A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).

The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.

A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.

To stammer.

The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.

A balcony.

Having balconies.

A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.

Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.

Having a bald head; lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; -- alsp called bald and bald-pated; as, a bald-headed gentleman.

A rich brocade; baudekin.

The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya.

To mix or adulterate, as liquors.